Crime --
The hunter --
The sign of the potent pills --
The diamond wager --
Action and the Quiz Kid --
Men --
Fragments of justice --
A throne for the worm --
Magic --
Faith --
An inch and a half of glory --
Nelson Redline --
Monk and Johnny Fox --
The cure --
Men and women --
Seven pages --
The breech-born --
The lovely strangers --
Week-end --
On the way --
Screen stories --
The kiss-off --
Devil's playground --
On the make.

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Short stories.

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Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett.

Abstract:

An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."

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PRAISE FOR "THE HUNTER AND OTHER STORIES" "For aficionados of the genre, the unearthing of new Hammett stories is akin to Christians discovering an epilogue to the New Testament. . . . These stories are among Hammett's best. . . . [His] prose is always savvy and sturdy, but for the man who invented 'hard-boiled, ' it can also be surprisingly elegant."--"San Francisco Chronicle" "This fascinating collection of hitherto unpublished or ungathered tales . . . will be a treat for any fan of the father of the hardboiled detective story."--"Wall Street Journal" "Hammett's talent allowed him to create moving and realistic characters using seemingly perfunctory details--the literary equivalent of a Picasso doodle. . . . Any Hammett fan will surely want to peruse this . . . readable tome."--"Columbus Dispatch" ""The Hunter and Other Stories" caulks a crack in American literature. . . . The non-crime stories in "The Hunter and Other Stories" are good enough to make one wonder what a different kind of writer Hammett might have become had he published these stories before he began to make a living with crime fiction."--The Daily Beast "Layman and Rivett have expertly introduced and edited these stories. . . . "The Hunter and Other Stories" is a very good book by a great writer. Perhaps more important, it opens a wide window upon the creativity of one of our most important American storytellers of the twentieth century."--Barnes & Noble Review "Very entertaining writing. . . . This book is a must-read."--"Huntington News" "Hammett uses words like scalpels to surgically reveal slivers of seediness whether it concerns detectives or wronged men or wronged women. If you want to discover why Sam Spade's dad burst onto the scene like a 30s literary nova, here's your chance."--Will Durst, "Progressive Magazine" "A pure pleasure to read."--Jeff Baker, OregonLive.com "A labor of love . . . this collection is certainly a worthyWeiterlesen…